Having a brick mailbox is a very common thing. Bricks are sturdy, look great, and can take damage without flinching. Nonetheless, constant weather changes and storms over years are stronger than anything else and your mailbox will one day need repairs. However, mailboxes are often taken for granted. We’re just too pre-occupied with our emails and social media to give regular mail any kind of appreciation. The truth is, without our mailboxes we [...]
As homeowners or tenants, we see damaged or cracked walls and bricks and panic. We automatically assume that the structure is compromised which could leave us worried for days. Luckily, that’s not often the case. It’s possible that the damage you’re seeing is quite serious, but usually it’s not. A simple brick repair work can restore it. There’s no reason to keep guessing or coming to assumptions about the severity of the damage [...]
Your old home needing a brick repair job, aka tuckpointing, however, can make selling it a difficult task. Presenting your old home to potential buyers in a poor condition will certainly make them reluctant to buy it. Why should they buy a property that hasn’t been cared for properly? A few people own one home let alone two. An essential part of the process of moving to your new house is selling your [...]
Many of us love rain, snow, and how the weather varies throughout the year. Our brick homes, however, aren’t big fans of changing weather, storms, and moisture. High levels of moisture and the shifting of the foundation can cause damage to the mortar, which will lead to moisture getting behind the breaks and damaging them. Additionally, if construction wasn’t done properly to begin with, then the risk for damage increases. That’s when brick [...]
Surgeons have their scalpels, chemists have their flasks, and just like with any other profession, a brick wall repair mason also has his or her own materials and tools. Not all materials can be used for all jobs. Each repair job has its own characteristics that make certain materials or tools more suited for it than others. That’s the difference between one brick wall repair mason and the other. Knowing which tools to [...]
Brick walls are very rigid which is necessary to make them durable and sturdy. This rigidity comes at a price though as shifts in the foundation, or even the Earth’s crust, can damage it over time according to a brick wall mason. Think of it this way, what’s more likely to break quickly if you insist on bending it, a pencil or a rubber band? The pencil will break because it’s too rigid [...]
Bricks are a great choice for construction. They have that neat authentic look in addition to being some of the most durable constructions materials available. The fact that bricks are so durable and sturdy doesn’t mean they’re indestructible till the end of time. As the years pass by you might start to realize that the bricks making up your home don’t look the same way they used to several years ago. That’s when [...]
Brick walls are beautiful, durable and sturdy, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t need maintenance. Like anything else, brick walls are subjected to any number of damaging instances and elements. Brick repair isn’t the most common issue, but it still does come up – especially if you don’t provide proper maintenance for the brick surfaces of your home. Failing to perform regular maintenance can lead to damage and expensive repairs. In this [...]